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ERIC Number: EJ159243
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1976
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Altruistic Behavior: An Analysis of Age and Sex Differences
Skarin, Kurt; Moely, Barbara E.
Child Development, 47, 4, 1159-1165, Dec 76
The experiment employed four sex-pair combinations, three age groups, and two pretraining manipulations in an effort to evaluate the following predictions with respect to altruism and rivalry: (1) Cooperation pretraining was expected to increase altruism compared with no pretraining, (2) females were expected to be more responsive to the cooperation pretraining than males. (Author/SB)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Altruism, Elementary School Students, Research, Role Playing, Sex Differences
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